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The Madness of Medicare

Airs at: Fri, 04/22/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Dan Johnson hosts "The Madness of Medicare." He lays out what Medicare covers now and what changes would occur under Representative Paul Ryan's plan for cutting the budget. He's joined by Lisa Stiller of Jobs with Justice.  CD-2179 Read more

Safecast maps crowd-sourced radiation data from DIY "citizen scientists"

Airs at: Wed, 04/27/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
When last month's 9.0 earthquake and tsunami breached six Japanese nuclear reactors in Fukushima, releasing radiation into the atmosphere, Marcelino Alvarez of Uncorked Studios was not soothed by the official reports that there was "nothing to worry about." He hit upon the ... Read more

Late-Night Breakfast Munchies; Kim Boyce on Good to the Grain; Oregon's Bill to Ban Shark's Fin

Airs at: Wed, 04/27/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Food Show
On our April 20th show, Breakfast in Bridgetown author Paul Gerald talks up late-night/early morning munchies spots. Portland transplant and pastry chef Kim Boyce dropped by to chat about Good to the Grain, her new ode to baking with whole-grain flours. Kim generously share... Read more

The latest WikiLeaks dump exposes the gulag at Guantanamo Bay.

Airs at: Tue, 04/26/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris The prison at Guantanamo Bay is a lingering blight of Bush's -- and now Obama's -- War on Terror. The latest WikiLeaks dump exposes the flimsy evidence on which some people are still being held, and the apparent indifference with which o... Read more

Fukushima: Hanging on by their fingernails

Airs at: Thu, 04/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
  Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know" takes a look at radiation (how do microsieverts per hour stack up over time?), the situation in Fukushima, and the (ir)rationality of nuclear power. Also, an examination of our class system. (Reality check-- if ... Read more

Crises not over with US economy or Fukushima

Airs at: Thu, 04/21/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
 Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know" Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know" notes that radioactive cesium in fish 35 km from Fukushima reactors is 25x legal limit.  Possibility of radiation disheartening to those who live on co... Read more

I'm Hot!...and I'm Bald!": CHEMOTHERAPY FOR WINNERS

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Host Crystal Leighty speaks with Elaine Jesmer, author of "I'm Hot!...and I'm Bald!": CHEMOTHERAPY FOR WINNERS," about how to handle the side effects of chemotherapy, and why it's important not be afraid of it. Jesmer says chemo is not only the standard of care for many ... Read more

Raising Elijah:Protecting Our Children In An Age of Environmental Crisis

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
Biologist, author and mother, Sandra Steingraber discusses her new book Raising Elijah. Steingraber demonstrates how the intimate world of parenting connects to the public world of policy-making and how the ongoing environmental crisis is fundamentally a crisis of ... Read more

Radiozine on 04/18/11

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
Host Crystal Leighty speaks with Elaine Jesmer, author of "I'm Hot!...and I'm Bald!: CHEMOTHERAPY FOR WINNERS," about how to handle the side effects of chemotherapy, and why it's important not be afraid of it. Jesmer says chemo is not only the standard of care for many canc... Read more

No safe level of exposure: the battle to ban asbestos

Airs at: Sun, 04/17/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana} span.s1 {color: #0018eb} Host Dan Johnson interviews Ann Samuelson, a former Clatsop County Commissioner, businesswoman and outspoken advocate in the pursuit of outlawing the use of asbes... Read more